Paul Merriman, a great public speaker and founder of the Merriman funds, tells the hypothetical story of a Roman who, 2000 years ago, invested one penny in a savings account at 3% interest. That would compound to $470,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 over those 2,000 years, which is more money than there is in the whole world today. Of course, with just 3% inflation over 2,000 years, it would be worth just one penny today. Henry Hebeler